We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
456 of its 582 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Caracas accounted for 418 of Venezuela's 456 stories about harm, carried by 315 outlets. 281 of Caracas' 418 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (359 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
471 of its 699 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Bivol accounted for 296 of Bulgaria's 471 stories about harm, carried by 354 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (304 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
103 of its 176 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Manama accounted for 90 of Bahrain's 103 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Building collapse was named in 84 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
119 of its 156 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Setif accounted for 111 of Algeria's 119 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
240 of its 263 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Port-de-Paix accounted for 129 of Haiti's 240 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (221 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
40 of its 62 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.
361 of its 481 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
503 of its 1,066 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 198 of Istanbul's 293 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories).
218 of its 700 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (147 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
437 of its 549 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Indonesia (157 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Oman (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in El Salvador (10 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); tropical storm in Panama (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Australia (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 Oct. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 41,777 stories about harm among 201,082 counted on 9 Oct.
Bahrain's news mentioned building collapse more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 201,082 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Venezuela, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 39% is usual. On 9 October 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 21 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 21 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?
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